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Languages of Europe

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This language family came from the ancient Roman Empire.
a)
Slavic
b)
English
c)
Germanic
d)
Romance
2.
This language family has the most native speakers.
a)
Germanic
b)
Romance
c)
Slavic
d)
Italian
3.
This language family is spoken in Russia and other eastern European countries.
a)
Germanic
b)
Slavic
c)
English
d)
Romance
4.
In order to better communicate with people from other countries, most Europeans learn to speak ______ as a second language.
a)
French
b)
German
c)
English
d)
Spanish
5.
Italian, French, and Spanish are members of this language family.
a)
Germanic
b)
Romance
c)
Slavic
d)
English
6.
If you traveled from London, England to Moscow, Russia, which two language families would you come in contact with?
a)
Slavic/Romance
b)
English/Romance
c)
Romance/Germanic
d)
Germanic/Slavic
7.
English and German are examples of ______ languages.
a)
Romance
b)
Slavic
c)
Germanic
d)
Greek
8.

Which language is spoken mostly throughout Eastern Europe?

a)

Germanic

b)

Slavic

c)

Romance

d)

Finnish

9.
Which category does the English language belong to?
a)
Slavic
b)
Romance
c)
Germanic
10.

Which language does not belong in the Romance language family?

a)

French

b)

Norwegian

c)

Spanish

d)

Italian

11.
French, Italian, and Spanish are part of which language group?
a)
Slavic
b)
Germanic
c)
Romance
d)
Celtic
12.
What have Europeans done to try to solve the problem of so many languages?
a)
Outlawed the use of languages spoken by only a few people
b)
Decided not to trade with people who do not speak their language
c)
Made laws ensuring that English is the only official language of the European Union
d)
Required schoolchildren to learn one or two other languages beside their native language
13.

The Slavic languages include which of the following?

a)

Spanish, Latin, German

b)

French, Italian, Spanish

c)

Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

d)

English and German

14.

Slavic languages use which alphabet?

a)

Russian

b)

Roman

c)

Cyrillic

d)

Germanic

15.
Which of the following is NOT a Slavic language?
a)
Russian
b)
Polish
c)
Czech
d)
French
16.

Which language family would be spoken in THIS country?

a)

Germanic

b)

Romance

c)

Slavic

17.

What country is this?

(a)  

18.

Which language family would be spoken in THIS country?

a)

Germanic

b)

Romance

c)

Slavic

19.

What country is this?

(a)  

20.

Which language family would be spoken in THESE countries?

a)

Germanic

b)

Romance

c)

Slavic

21.

What is the country in RED?

(a)  

22.

Which language family would be spoken in THIS country?

a)

Germanic

b)

Romance

c)

Slavic

23.

What country is this?

(a)  

24.

Which language family would be spoken in THIS country?

a)

Germanic

b)

Romance

c)

Slavic

25.

What country is this?

(a)  

26.

Which language family would be spoken in THIS country?

a)

Germanic

b)

Romance

c)

Slavic

27.

What country is this?

(a)  

28.

Which language family would be spoken in THIS country?

a)

Germanic

b)

Romance

c)

Slavic

29.

What country is this?

(a)  

30.

Which language family uses this alphabet?

a)

Romance

b)

Germanic

c)

Slavic

d)

None

31.

What language could go in spot A?

a)

English

b)

Spanish

c)

Russian

d)

Arabic

32.

What language could go in spot B?

a)

English

b)

Spanish

c)

Russian

d)

Arabic

33.

What language could go in spot C?

a)

English

b)

Spanish

c)

Russian

d)

Arabic

34.

How are languages of Europe different from languages in the United States?

a)

Europe has many more commonly used languages than the US

b)

The US has many more commonly used languages than Europe

c)

English is only used in the United States

d)

People in Europe usually only learn one language

35.

Sort these languages into the correct families:

Categorize the following

English

German

Dutch

Swedish

Russian

Ukrainian

Czech

Bulgarian

Latin

French

Spanish

Italian

Portuguese

Germanic
Slavic
Romance

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